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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1973
Page
3
San Antonio health officials report a notable increase in venereal disease for 1973, with gonorrhea up about 50 percent in the first quarter compared with the previous year and syphilis also rising. Dr Courand Rathe notes the trend mirrors national patterns while stressing the illness is not yet at epidemic levels.
Figures show a sharp rise in gonorrhea and syphilis during the early 1970s. For the first quarter of 1972 34 gonorrhea and 89 syphilis cases were reported to the health district, with 606 and 14 respectively for the same period this year. City totals reached 867 gonorrhea and 153 syphilis cases in 1973, compared with 667 and 144 last year. The district extended clinic hours and expanded educational programs at focal schools, with the free district clinic open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and neighborhood clinics increasing staff. The city’s 1972 yearly totals were 2,967 gonorrhea and 511 syphilis cases.
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